#glorious dumbass

[helenvader]

My Mairon video is finally done!

After 2.5 months I have finally finished my chef-d'œuvre that features Jack Lowden's Mairon in a video inspired by the visuals for the official lyrics video for the Slow Horses intro song.

When I had that idea I was not sure if I could pull it off, because I'm still very much a beginner in After Effects, but yay, I did! And it's Ides of March today, so I couldn't have wished for a better day for making this public. ;)

I've blabbered long enough, so voila, the most pathetic loser of Middle-Earth:

Thanks to @nocompromise-noregrets who inspired me to watch Slow Horses, and, together with @queenmeriadoc and @magpienoises watched all WIP versions of this masterpiece. :) Also thanks to @valar-did-me-wrong for cheering me on!

[thefandomentals]

The Dutiful Princess and Glorious Dumbass A Match Made In Chaotic Heaven

Peanut Butter and Jelly. Cookies and Cream. Some things are just better together. And when it comes to character tropes, no two archetypes bring out the best (and worst) in each other, quite like the Dutiful Princess and Glorious Dumbass. If you’re new around the Fandomentals and Dutiful Princess and Glorious Dumbass tropes, here’s the […]

Ava was such a Glorious Dumbass we had to coin this trope for her.

[helenvader]

WIP SATURDAY

I haven't been posting any snippets from Sleeping Beauty or any other creations, because since January I have been working on just one project: something I that I knew was slightly beyond my competences and, should I succeed, would take me approximately 3 months. And didn't want to jinx it. However, it's clear now I will deffo make it, so here's a little preview. My average speed is a second per hour (it will be 1:22 long), because I never did anything in AE without tutorials before. I hope Jack Lowden's fans will like it, it's a Mairon meets Slow Horses thing. :))) Please turn on the sound!

And wish me luck! :-)

[helenvader]

Every time I tried to make a moodboard, I failed and ended up with a 3x3 collection of stills with a title. This time I persevered, though! I also made a different one inspired by those by @queenmeriadoc. I did mine using a digital scrapbooking style (text is an excerpt from the lyrics of Into the Dark by Amon Amanth, a perfect Mairon song).

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Another Mairon appreciation post.

He is so glorious during the fight. Also. THE HAIR.

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I made more Mairon stills, because of course I did.

[thefandomentals]

Introducing the Glorious Dumbass and Disaster Chosen One

It’s not exactly a secret that we at the Fandomentals love to analyze, well, everything. From time to time we create our own shorthand to help quickly encapsulate certain tropes, ideas, concepts, and more. Carol and Cheryl and Larry became part of our lexicon as a way to quickly refer to the radically different Game […]

At the Fandomentals, we sometimes create new shorthand to use when writing our analysis work. In 2020 we debuted two new character tropes to our site’s vocabulary, and we’ll be unveiling two NEW tropes next week! For now, however, let’s take a refresher for the Glorious Dumbass and the Disaster Chosen One.

[thefandomentals]

Introducing the Glorious Dumbass and Disaster Chosen One

It’s not exactly a secret that we at the Fandomentals love to analyze, well, everything. From time to time we create our own shorthand to help quickly encapsulate certain tropes, ideas, concepts, and more. Carol and Cheryl and Larry became part of our lexicon as a way to quickly refer to the radically different Game […]